So many thoughts

I have just come across some old things in my old ways of Christianity (protestantism) and it has made me think about so much. I the type of person who runs off where God leads me and to listen to the true voice of God but at the same time I learn and know much about both sides (catholic vs protestant) but as of right now I ask myself why dose my heart go to modern worship that is more free and my mind stays at the liturgy. I find myself torn between what I feel and what I think. I know that the Catholic faith that is historical ( not roman rite) is correct but I seem to find and get uplifted in free worship and just at times hangout on the lake with some people with guitars and bongs things and sings to Christ and praying for each other and these two ways have torn my heart mind and heart in two different directions.

If anyone of you can comment me back and give me any help I would be greatly indebted to you.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America

Reformed Christianity V.S. True Christians

I have just heard a web cast about Frank Beckwith returning to the Roman Catholic Church. This two reformed Christian’s ranted about how this man is a non believer and is lost and now destined for hell. It’s amazing how fast they turn on those who once were their own. These two men show their own ignorance by saying the church fathers can not be trusted and contradicted each other, any self respecting Christian knows that this isn’t the case, we don’t look at individuals father but the consensus of the whole. They think that what they believe was held before the 1500’s which I’m proud to say wasn’t and in many cases would have been condemned as heresy. But I find it funny that these two doing the condemning would have been the ones condemned by the early church. These two men’s Calvinism defines their theology; everything comes back to this stand point what a narrow view of the church that is to say if it could even be call the church. They read Calvinism into the world around them and also read Calvinism into the Holy Writ and there by making a new Gospel, which is been forbidden by the Holy Apostle Paul ( Gal 1:6-9). Now these two men use the reformation battle cries like there’s no tomorrow (Sola gratia, Sola fide, Sola scriptura, Solus Christus, and Soli Deo Gloria). Now I will agree that first, forth and fifth that they are Christian ideas, by Gods grace we come to Him and in Christ alone we are saved and God dose get all the glory. Now the second and third I have a problems with them, saying faith alone means nothing. Is not faith, believing? And is not believing a action? And is not an action, work? So our faith is a work that a Christian dose. The first one the person will do on there walk with Christ. Now on to the scriptures alone this is great folly because if we use the bible in its self with no outside understanding we can run ourselves into all kinds of heresy. Now let’s think. God let the first council of Nicaea put together the holy writ for us. So why would we say those men who by Gods grace put it together should not be read to understand it?

Now by this time I should say I’m not Roman Catholic and would show the fallen parts of the church but they still hold to elements of the Catholic faith. They need work which I pray the Archbishop of Rome will now do because he has a true heart of God. Now to be fair we Anglicans need a new Archbishop of Canterbury because he is now liberal, so as for us all we can do right now is continue in the old faith to the one holy and apostolic Church.

Now back on subject these two men called the doctrine of infusion a doctrine of Satan. Now please forgive me for going off right now. These two men have shown their own foolishness and heretical beliefs. Their Calvinism is their god, they are saved by election, so they aren’t even saved by faith. We as Catholics repent and confess our sins because we need to be forgiven for today’s sins also for we offend God daily and need to seek His mercy of forgiveness because we want our relationship to be fixed and healed. Where as the elect person in the Calvinistic since has to because he is elect and has no choice. What a scary place to be you’re kind of like a robot, no matter if want to or not you will have to because God says so. Now these beliefs of the reformed camp can not be truly defend by history, when one looks back at the early church fathers we see no coinciding beliefs as these reformed Christians have. So I would say to look back to the early church and show where you are coming from and why we Catholics are so wrong and totally lost.

†May the prayers of Jesus and St. Peter and Paul along with Mary and the rest of the saints bring Christ’s church together again as one. †

Written by: Allen Bailey Acolyte and Aspirant of the Anglican providence of America

Great martyrs

Do not forget those who have died for us and what we have now. Let all the Anglicans never forget Thomas Crammer, Hugh Latimer, and Nicholas Ridley. These are our first martyrs after reclaiming what was ours to begin with and Rome took control of in the 500's. So after 1000 years of its oppression, we in the 1500's took our archbishopric back.

Thomas Crammer Archbishop of Canterbury


Hugh Latimer Bishop of Worcester


Nicholas Ridley Bishop of Rochester

New thoughts on old ways

I have been looking in to the Eastern Orthodox Church lately and I have fallen more and more in love with it. Be it the writings of St. John of Damascus, learning of the icons, the Theotokos, how Mary became pure, the great writings of St. chrysostom or what have you. I have seen a great deal of the Eastern Church in Anglo- Catholics practice and as one priest told me "we are the western branch of the orthodox church" because much of our beliefs and views are the same. I have a even higher approach to Anglo-Catholicism now, basically I see things as the eastern orthodox church dose with some western thought here and there ( That may need to die we will see [laughs]). There will be more blogs to come on this progress and new thought.

Glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and may the Holy Mother pray for us. Let St. Michael and the host of angels guard us. Glorious St. Patrick pray for us along with the host of Saints.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America

why do they hate us so

This is a sad thing I have come across in my web surfing it is a place called no way APA. Talk about hating your brothers these guys live it so much it seems that they put up a website. They still continue the website opposed to there bishops wishes. Now lets look at this if someone is willing to leave the Anglican church and go to the Presbyterians they have no understand of the historical faith of the father and there by the church, because they through out apostolic succession like it was nothing or ever existed. All of the things they call us out for has been done from the most ancient of times, so there by calling out heretics or what ever they have called the Fathers of the church this also, And where dose that leave them in there own faith with no history what a sad palace and dangerous place to be.

The mass

Justin Martyr

"God speaks by the mouth of Malachi, one of the twelve [minor prophets], as I said before, about the sacrifices at that time presented by you: ‘I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord, and I will not accept your sacrifices at your hands; for from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, my name has been glorified among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering, for my name is great among the Gentiles . . . [Mal. 1:10–11]. He then speaks of those Gentiles, namely us [Christians] who in every place offer sacrifices to him, that is, the bread of the Eucharist and also the cup of the Eucharist" (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 41 [A.D. 155]).

penance

Ignatius of Antioch
"For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ are also with the bishop. And as many as shall, in the exercise of penance, return into the unity of the Church, these, too, shall belong to God, that they may live according to Jesus Christ." (Letter to the Philadelphians 3 -- A.D. 110)

Saints praying for us

Clement of Alexandria
"In this way is he [the true Christian] always pure for prayer. He also prays in the society of angels, as being already of angelic rank, and he is never out of their holy keeping; and though he pray alone, he has the choir of the saints standing with him in prayer" (Miscellanies 7:12 [A.D. 208]).

ST. IRENAEUS OF LYONS

"So then, if the mixed cup and the manufactured bread receive the Word of God and become the Eucharist, that is to say, the Blood and Body of Christ, which fortify and build up the substance of our flesh, how can these people claim that the flesh is incapable of receiving God's gift of eternal life, when it is nourished by Christ's Blood and Body and is His member? As the blessed apostle says in his letter to the Ephesians, 'For we are members of His Body, of His flesh and of His bones' (Eph. 5:30). He is not talking about some kind of 'spiritual' and 'invisible' man, 'for a spirit does not have flesh an bones' (Lk. 24:39). No, he is talking of the organism possessed by a real human being, composed of flesh and nerves and bones. It is this which is nourished by the cup which is His Blood, and is fortified by the bread which is His Body. The stem of the vine takes root in the earth and eventually bears fruit, and 'the grain of wheat falls into the earth' (Jn. 12:24), dissolves, rises again, multiplied by the all-containing Spirit of God, and finally after skilled processing, is put to human use. These two then receive the Word of God and become the Eucharist, which is the Body and Blood of Christ."

-"Five Books on the Unmasking and Refutation of the Falsely 180A.D.

Now these are just some and when I say some its only once quote form one father there is so much more you can find if you would look with out a hate for those things catholic to the church.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America

The Easter of today.........

I know it has been some time since I’ve written but school is ending and I had to write on this before it got even later.

Now I just got off of work and I came to my car and found this card on my car that says” shock your grandma go to church this Easter” with a picture of a shocked grandma on the side

Now let’s really think about this a gimmick to get people to come to church as if the Gospel of our Lord isn’t enough. I could never see St. Paul or Peter ever doing this as they walk into Rome. Telling the people that we will play around in church and have a sacrifice to some other gods just so you will please come in or don’t worry about changing your lives really just show up here and then worship what you will after you leave that’s ok.

Now if this wasn’t enough there’s more

Now here is what the back of the card said “Maybe you haven’t been to church in years! This Easter, why not try something surprisingly different. At The connection you’ll find a warm and friendly atmosphere with great music. Enjoy your favorite espresso or cappuccino while experiencing a practical and encouraging message. You’ll hear people just like you sharing how the message of Easter has helped their marriages, addictions, personal loneliness and much more. So whether or not your mom or grandma used to drag you to church, decide for yourself to stop in this Easter. You’ll be shocked how great church can be!”

I want to be completely honest this is a joke. I really don’t need to say anything about this it shows it’s self to be foolish but I will speak on it for the sake of those that believe this. Why is it that everyone wants to show how different they are then everyone else? Look over here this is exciting and fun lets go here and then that runs out and you move on to the next thing. The church is to be that standing and never changing entity, the church dose not change for the world but the world changes to the Church. Now next how is it that music is the biggest thing today look how loud we can be. Where has the reverence for Christ gone? This is no party, but a time to be thinking of Him who died for thee and someone tell me what is going on with the espresso and cappuccino during service all this is another protestant coffee bar talk show where is the worship of God. Then this thing end off on telling how everyone will be telling how great Jesus is and how He can fix your life and make you happy. What foolishness the Christian life is suffering and loss if not physical then the spiritual side will cause suffering. And then it tells how great church can be …….. why do we say things to grab people in with emotional things let appeal to peoples excitement and thrill this is something that I can never believe was done before the 1960’s if not later but this is again a poster child of the reformation, we do what we want and not man tells me what to do, all I need is my bible and God but this was so far from the true Church here is what St. Ignatius of Antioch says

“Since therefore I have, in the persons before mentioned, beheld the whole multitude of you in faith and love, I exhort you to study to do all things with a divine harmony, while your bishop presides in the place of God, and your presbyters in the place of the assembly of the apostles, along with your deacons, who are most dear to me, and are entrusted with the ministry of Jesus Christ. He, being begotten by the Father before the beginning of time, was God the Word, the only-begotten Son, and remains the same for ever; for "of His kingdom there shall be no end," says Daniel the prophet. Let us all therefore love one another in harmony, and let no one look upon his neighbor according to the flesh, but in Christ Jesus. Let nothing exist among you which may divide you; but be united with your bishop, being through him subject to God in Christ.

As therefore the Lord does nothing without the Father, for says He, "I can of mine own self do nothing," so do you, neither presbyter, nor deacon, nor layman, do anything without the bishop. Nor let anything appear commendable to you which is destitute of his approval. For every such thing is sinful, and opposed[to the will of] God. Come together into the same place for prayer. Let there be one common supplication, one mind, one hope, with faith unblameable in Christ Jesus, than which nothing is more excellent. Do you all, as one man, run together into the temple of God, as unto one altar, to one Jesus Christ, the High Priest of the unbegotten God.”

Do nothing without the Bishop but who cares this doesn’t mean anything. Anyone is a bishop well this isn’t true only those in the succession of the apostles passed on by the laying on of the hand from bishop to bishop is thus.

Cyprian of Carthage:

"[T]he Church is one, and as she is one, cannot be both within and without. For if she is with [the heretic] Novatian, she was not with Cornelius. But if she was with Cornelius, who succeeded the bishop [of Rome], Fabian, by lawful ordination, and whom, beside the honor of the priesthood the Lord glorified also with martyrdom, Novatian is not in the Church; nor can he be reckoned as a bishop, who, succeeding to no one, and despising the evangelical and apostolic tradition, sprang from himself. For he who has not been ordained in the Church can neither have nor hold to the Church in any way" (Letters 69[75]:3 [A.D. 253]).

So this is just one quote talking about apostolic succession from bishop to bishop and the part about priesthood to let you know before you flip out thinking you found a loop hole it is speaking of the priesthood of the clergy the right to do sacramental things just like the priesthood of the levities but they all didn’t do the same thing.

Lord never let the Catholic (continuing Anglicans, orthodox and Romans) Church fall into this. Lord let you people once again come back to the historical faith and way of the Fathers.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America

Easter is here

Well everyone Easter is here let us think about our risen Lord Jesus and how we triumph in that, His resurrection.

O mystery great and glorious,
That mortal flesh should conquer death,
And all our human pains and wounds
The Lord should heal by bearing them.

Behold how man, though crushed by death,
Now does arise and live with Christ,
While death, repelled and robbed of might,
Dies from its own malignant sting.

By: Allen Bailey aspirant of the Anglican province of America